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Housing Benefit debt recoveries: background information and methodology note

Background information on Housing Benefit debt recoveries data.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
9 September 2015
Last updated
73 September 20222025 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Housing Benefit debt recoveries: background information and methodology note

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The Housing Benefit debt recoveries statistics show the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.

This background note includes information on how the Housing Benefit debt recoveries statistics are collected and published.

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2025-09-03 09:30
Published a revised version of the background information note. The latest release of the Housing Benefit debt recoveries data has been published today (Wednesday, 3 September 2025).

2022-09-07 09:30
The separate ‘background information and methodology’ and ‘methodology and definitions’ documents have been combined and updated in this new single document. The latest release of the Housing Benefit debt recoveries data has been published today (Wednesday, 7 September 2022).